Xavier Le Pichon

French geologist

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In plate tectonics: Determination of plate thickness
…analysis by the French geophysicist Xavier Le Pichon proved that the plates did indeed form an integrated system where the sum of all crust generated at oceanic ridges is balanced by the cumulative amount destroyed in all subduction zones. That same year the American geophysicists Bryan Isacks, Jack Oliver, and…
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